Bald Eagle

[Warren Hatch]

Here’s my first posting on the wonderful site.

The shot isn’t quite as sharp as it should be -- perhaps I can blame that on the dismal light at Conowingo dam this past Monday morning .

I like the eagle looking directly at the camera and the evident juiciness of the catch.

Nikon D4s with 600mm f/4 + 1.4x | 1/1000s | f/5.6 | ISO 2000 | manual exposure

Noise reduction on BG; sharpened head; 60% crop

[Grady Weed]

Warren, you need to remove the [IMG] at both ends for the link to be clickable. I did a cut and paste but some may not know to do that. Just a thought.

[Randy Stout]

Warren:

Welcome to BPN!

Dynamic pose, fish is a real plus. Soft background, good eye contact.

With that focal length and bird in flight coming right at you, I would try for faster shutter speed. I know you were light limited, but I would have been tempted to push the ISO up. A sharp, slightly noisy picture is better than a noiseless soft image, IMO.

From a comp. standpoint, maybe a sliver more room on top and right so that the wing tip isn't quite so crowded in the corner.

Looking forward to more,

Cheers

Randy

[Daniel Cadieux]

Hey Warren, welcome to BPN!!

I like the pose, fish, water trailing off. I agree with you that the subject is soft, bummer as the image design overall is pretty neat.

Looking forward to more...and Happy New Year!